High House
Also known as: Singing Springs Farm
Why it's listed
High House is a two-story stone farmhouse on Panhandle Road near Delaware, Ohio, built about 1850 for Mary High, a widow from Pennsylvania who had moved to Troy Township with her family in 1832. Its walls are coursed rubble limestone, and the plan is a single room deep and two rooms wide, with three bays, side gable ends and interior end chimneys. A frame kitchen ell was added at the rear and later altered. Inside, original doors, hardware, mantels, built-in cabinets and flooring survive. The house was listed because it is the only known three-bay stone Pre-Classical I house in the Olentangy River Valley, where only about 25 stone structures remain. Locally quarried Delaware limestone saw limited use there in the later nineteenth century, mostly for Pennsylvania immigrants. Compared with similar stone buildings nearby, the house is less altered or deteriorated. The nominated area covers only the house, since the other outbuildings are not from its period.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is significant under Criterion C as the only known three-bay stone Pre-Classical I house in the Olentangy River Valley, and one of about 25 surviving stone structures there. It retains a high degree of integrity compared with other stone buildings in the area, including original doors, hardware, mantels, built-in cabinets and flooring.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 86000238, listed February 13, 1986. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 2360 Panhandle Rd., Delaware |
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| County | Delaware County |
| Listed | February 13, 1986 |
| Reference number | 86000238 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1800-1899 (specific date c. 1850) |
| Architectural style | Vernacular Pre-Classical I house; Greek Revival style doorway added 1967 |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Occupied private residence; stone portion repointed in 1979. Rear kitchen ell extensively altered; only the house is included in the nominated boundary. |
| Acreage | 0.8 |
| Coordinates | 40.33082, -83.06226 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 86000238.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q137760222
- This listing as JSON
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